Darren Herman

All too often, Startups get compared to other startups.  Spacely Sprockets is Foursquare meets Yelp.  Widgetsly is Appnexus meets Legolas.  Usually, startups don’t pick who they are compared to as it’s up to the writers or editors of whoever is writing the press piece.
I was recently chatting with Chris Dixon, the CEO/founder of Hunch and [...]

One of the areas that I focus on is bridging Madison Avenue with Silicon Alley/Valley.  I think it’s unbelievably important for the future growth of both ecosystems.
At The Media Kitchen, in 2008, we launched our first Digital Media Venture Capital Conference.  We haven’t looked back since and we’re going on our 4th year of doing [...]

I’m in the market to make a new automotive purchase. Because of the nature of the purchase, I’d like to do as much due diligence as possible.
I’ve spent the last week watching new auctions pop up on eBay Motors and the like for a few specific models of cars, but realized that unless I keep [...]

It’s that time of year again… an excuse to leave the office for a day and play a round of 18 holes with some of the top founders, investors, and supporting cast of the digital media ecosystem.  It’s time for the Silicon Alley Golf Invitational.  While I’ve personally held this event for a bunch of [...]

I attended a talk at the Summit Series led by Chip Conley, the author of PEAK (and various books) and founder/CEO of Joie de Vivre.  Here’s his TED talk.  Over the past 25 years, he’s studied many different emotions and has broken them down into equations.  An example of this is:  DESPAIR = SUFFERING – [...]

I’ve always been fascinated with how talent agencies operate.  Back 4 years ago, I wrote about creating a Talent Agency for video game athletes. The idea of a “Talent Agent” is sexy to me because they get to identify and grow people.  In some ways, I do this for early stage technology, as both an investor [...]